Despite opposition from certain party members to the national convention, Julius Abure, National Chairman of the Labour Party, has been re-elected to lead the party for a further four years.
At the party’s national convention, which took place on Wednesday in Nnewi, Anambra State, Mr. Ikechukwu Emetu, the chairman of the convention and the deputy governor of Abia State, proclaimed him the winner.
Abure’s emergence as Labour Party National Chairman is without the support of Obidients who constitute the fulcrum of Peter Obi’s support in the 2023 presidential election.
There are whispers that Obi is not in solidarity with Abure who has been locked in a controversy over campaign funds mismanagement as alleged by the now suspended Labour Party national treasurer, Oluchi Oparah, who accused the national chairman of misappropriating N3.5 billion.
How Labour Party will fare without the support of the Obidients will be closely watched by pundits.
